Back in November 2008, I investigated allegations that Pfizer conducted an illegal clinical trial on Nigerian children during a 1996 meningitis outbreak.
For pesky illegal downloaders, eschewing a trial for a several thousand dollar fine has been a less burdensome way to settle things with the likes of Andrew Lack 's Sony BMG .
Prosecutors say those donations, which weren't reported to federal authorities, were illegal and a chief reason Edwards is on trial in federal court on six felony counts.